Gliding Tobster
@glidingtobster.bsky.social
Obsessive glider pilot & instructor. Border Collies' personal clown. EVs + house batteries and all that. Computer games, playing and developing. DIY, 3D printing, cobbling & concocting. Culturally a bit left, economically a bit right.
Best way. Also stops you ending up with a toxoplasmosis-addled paranoid catman brain, which is 100% a thing.
December 5, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Best way. Also stops you ending up with a toxoplasmosis-addled paranoid catman brain, which is 100% a thing.
I agree, and fully endorse appropriate wealth taxes - in this case IMO the best mechanism is to tax all forms of borrowing against assets, at the same rate as income tax.
December 5, 2025 at 6:40 PM
I agree, and fully endorse appropriate wealth taxes - in this case IMO the best mechanism is to tax all forms of borrowing against assets, at the same rate as income tax.
"I won the debate" will be written on the west's headstone after all sides have finally blocked eachother.
December 5, 2025 at 5:32 PM
"I won the debate" will be written on the west's headstone after all sides have finally blocked eachother.
No Anchorman catchphrases in the water shop please.
December 5, 2025 at 5:08 PM
No Anchorman catchphrases in the water shop please.
Will society benefit from us never communicating our differences of opinion again?
December 5, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Will society benefit from us never communicating our differences of opinion again?
Culturally left, economically right. Anyone and everyone should be equally able to offer goods and services or demonstrate charitable worth for another's resource, within a well regulated market that fosters competition and innovation in the customer's interest.
December 5, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Culturally left, economically right. Anyone and everyone should be equally able to offer goods and services or demonstrate charitable worth for another's resource, within a well regulated market that fosters competition and innovation in the customer's interest.
I'm not turning potential water customers away just for being Karens.
December 5, 2025 at 4:43 PM
I'm not turning potential water customers away just for being Karens.
The more we interact, the more it seems to be leaning that way; yes.
December 5, 2025 at 4:37 PM
The more we interact, the more it seems to be leaning that way; yes.
And you sound like the sort of person who would watch me dig a well, extract, and process potable water, and then offer to buy some of it with sand.
December 5, 2025 at 4:32 PM
And you sound like the sort of person who would watch me dig a well, extract, and process potable water, and then offer to buy some of it with sand.
I'm not saying it's right, I'm pointing out that it's not as simple a problem as "£200m in a current account".
December 5, 2025 at 4:20 PM
I'm not saying it's right, I'm pointing out that it's not as simple a problem as "£200m in a current account".
This again. You don't have that many actual pounds, you have mostly assets with a current value of that many pounds.
December 5, 2025 at 4:15 PM
This again. You don't have that many actual pounds, you have mostly assets with a current value of that many pounds.
I sort of tell a lie; I do currently "have" a cat, but the relationship is different - basically a housemate, fed every day for the favour of controlling rodents. The only expectation is civilised behaviour on my property, but otherwise it's entirely his own agency.
December 5, 2025 at 3:22 PM
I sort of tell a lie; I do currently "have" a cat, but the relationship is different - basically a housemate, fed every day for the favour of controlling rodents. The only expectation is civilised behaviour on my property, but otherwise it's entirely his own agency.
Cats are independent spirits; the only pet that isn't 100% dependent on you, and many of them are naturally foolish risk-takers. You take this risk with them, and all four of mine didn't make it past eight years. The last one was struck by a falling branch in high winds for fuck sake!
December 5, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Cats are independent spirits; the only pet that isn't 100% dependent on you, and many of them are naturally foolish risk-takers. You take this risk with them, and all four of mine didn't make it past eight years. The last one was struck by a falling branch in high winds for fuck sake!
I have three collies, five in the "extended" family. They all respond to their own names regardless of tone.
December 5, 2025 at 3:07 PM
I have three collies, five in the "extended" family. They all respond to their own names regardless of tone.
Yes every cat owner buys (or should buy) a 12 pack of fluorescent collars with elastic safety releases about annually as the cat goes through them.
December 5, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Yes every cat owner buys (or should buy) a 12 pack of fluorescent collars with elastic safety releases about annually as the cat goes through them.
My first cat was called Jess, and got hit by a car. The first in a line of unsuccessful, tragically and unavoidably ended cats. I'm a dog person now.
December 5, 2025 at 3:04 PM
My first cat was called Jess, and got hit by a car. The first in a line of unsuccessful, tragically and unavoidably ended cats. I'm a dog person now.
It's easy to determine cat genitalia and if the owner isn't there to ask, they're not watching you do it. So please use the cat's correct pronouns.
December 5, 2025 at 3:02 PM
It's easy to determine cat genitalia and if the owner isn't there to ask, they're not watching you do it. So please use the cat's correct pronouns.
The solution is EAT THY BLOODY DINNER AN' GROW MORE.
December 5, 2025 at 2:33 PM
The solution is EAT THY BLOODY DINNER AN' GROW MORE.
That's a pint (also the exact capacity of a Sports Direct mug).
December 5, 2025 at 11:01 AM
That's a pint (also the exact capacity of a Sports Direct mug).
There's a few non-booze-specific ones drinking themselves to death as well, like this guy who doesn't have the energy unless he's pissed as a fart, and probably has at most another two years on that liver.
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Matt Rose
The JOHNNY KNOXVILLE of reading stuff out off Reddit sat down in a nice warm room.
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December 4, 2025 at 1:15 PM
There's a few non-booze-specific ones drinking themselves to death as well, like this guy who doesn't have the energy unless he's pissed as a fart, and probably has at most another two years on that liver.
youtube.com/@matt_rose?s...
youtube.com/@matt_rose?s...
Web browser designers - give users more control over absolutely everything, including preventing "standard" things being intercepted.
December 4, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Web browser designers - give users more control over absolutely everything, including preventing "standard" things being intercepted.
If you're not firing blanks you've got more than a childhood's worth of years left.
December 4, 2025 at 11:21 AM
If you're not firing blanks you've got more than a childhood's worth of years left.
The best thing about Wetherspoons is being able to tell everyone you have a degree in common sense from the University of Life once you're a regular customer.
December 4, 2025 at 11:18 AM
The best thing about Wetherspoons is being able to tell everyone you have a degree in common sense from the University of Life once you're a regular customer.
Lidl or Aldi's own Columbian arabica. You're welcome to coffee being completely solved as long as a couple of German supermarkets exist.
December 4, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Lidl or Aldi's own Columbian arabica. You're welcome to coffee being completely solved as long as a couple of German supermarkets exist.